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The new law in Indiana & discrimination: Explained (in layman's terms) for the resident uninformed "Social Justice Warriors" hiding behind keyboards. Pay attenion grasshoppers.

Is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act really a license to discriminate against gay people? 

No. Stanford law professor Michael McConnell, a former appellate court judge, tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD in an email: "In the decades that states have had RFRA statutes, no business has been given the right to discriminate against gay customers, or anyone else."

So what is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and what does it say? 

The first RFRA was a 1993 federal law that was signed into law by Democratic president Bill Clinton. It unanimously passed the House of Representatives, where it was sponsored by then-congressman Chuck Schumer, and sailed through the Senate on a 97-3 vote.

The law reestablished a balancing test for courts to apply in religious liberty cases (a standard had been used by the Supreme Court for decades). RFRA allows a person's free exercise of religion to be "substantially burdened" by a law only if the law furthers a "compelling governmental interest" in the "least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest." 

So the law doesn't say that a person making a religious claim will always win. In the years since RFRA has been on the books, sometimes the courts have ruled in favor of religious exemptions, but many other times they haven't. 

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/indianas-religious-freedom-restoration-act-explained_900641.html

 
 

 

Give one instance of how selling a product to a customer would violate one's religious beliefs.  Until you do that, all you've posted is twisted words ML, as usual.  You skirt the issue and never address it directly.  So, if you're not talking about it being okay to discriminate against gays exclusively, please explain what other circumstances would apply to the situation, specifically.

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/indiana_restaurant_owner_i_ve_discriminated_against_gays_glad_the_law_supports_me_now_audio

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/athletes-ads-sound-off-law/story?id=29969876

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/03/27/georgia_legislators_admit_religious_liberty_bill_is_about_discrimination.html

What were you saying?

Travels here is cut and pasted what I said.

I do believe that businesses should be allowed what jobs they decide to take in. I say this based on many different reasons.

I also don't believe the Government should be allowed to make people violate their religion.

Also IMO if a religion is against homosexuality, it's against homosexual acts. I don't believe it's against selling them something, or performing  a business deal with them.

What specifically from the above sentences do you have a problem with?

 

Ah, but we're not talking about what's against their religion, now are we?  You still haven't stated howTHEY are violating their religion by having to serve homosexuals.

'Please show me where I used the words "Blow Job". It's simply not on any of my posts ever on this site. Unlike yourself some people that still post here show some class.'

Travels may not be able to show you, but I will remind you of your low class trashy self: "pickle smoocher" ( remember that, mr classless?)
"Top Definition. pickle smoocher. A euphemism for someone who likes to give head. You are such a pickle smoocher." While you didn't type the words blow job, what you called me is the same meaning.

I thought ml's religion was about leaving judgement to god and to love thy neighbour.
But I suppose a guy that calls a women a pickle smoocher and has an avatar of Jesus is pretty confused.

We interrupt this miserable "Gay Pride Meeting" to bring you an abdication of sanity...

First we have the egg shell lady, whose posts get loopier & loopier with each passing day. I think she is suffering from visual hallucinations as she just can’t get her questions to line up with what I actually posted. But she is not alone.

Then another inert gas-bag (the puckered out sour puss) appears. IMO she should keep her feelings between herself and her psychiatrist. I believe trained professionals have suggested she seek help in the past, apparently this request has been ignored.

Lastly, the last of the myrmidon, our resident Rum Dum informational hypochondriac is heard from. I’m sure he has a do not resuscitate tattoo on his forehead. If not, I would be happy to donate the money to make sure this important message is properly displayed.

You miserable ones keep posting while I continue to enjoy another day in paradise. I have important decisions to make today, like where to take the wife out to eat. Yesterday she had Lobster, perhaps a Prime Rib today. I’ll be a nice guy and let her decide.

 

Sincerely;

Your friend Mountain Lion

Better read this...

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/03/28/iranian-nuke-negotiator-aide-defects-in-switzerland-tells-swiss-authorities-u-s-team-working-on-behalf-of-iran/

Abortion funding cut off in Arkansas.

http://www.infowars.com/arkansas-legislature-passes-bill-to-cut-off-funding-to-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz/